Synonyms of shoot down

shoot down

verb

1

as in to ridicule

to make (someone or something) the object of unkind laughter

nowadays the aging activist is routinely shot down in most quarters of the media and dismissed as an irrelevant crank

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ridicule
• mock
• laugh (at)
• rag on
• make sport of
• make fun of
• poke fun at
• tease
• scout
• deride
• parody
• taunt
• jibe
• jeer
• gibe
• cock snooks (at)
• skewer
• scoff (at)
• imitate
• sneer (at)
• cock a snook (at)
• torment
• harass
• put down
• target
• pooh
• scorn
• take off (on)
• disparage
• belittle
• decry
• ride
• rag
• rib
• needle
• mimic
• kid
• rally
• bug
• bait
• quiz
• tweak
• razz
• pester
• caricature
• twit
• jive
• harry
• parrot
• satirize
• bad-mouth
• ape
• josh
• pooh-pooh
• chaff
• heckle
• hassle
• burlesque
• pillory
• lampoon
• catcall
• travesty
• barrack

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• approve
• commend
• endorse
• applaud
• sanction
• indorse

2

as in to dismiss

to reject by or as if by a vote

every one of my fund-raising ideas was shot down by the other club members

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dismiss
• kill
• veto
• refuse
• negative
• down
• blackball
• decline
• disapprove
• nix
• disallow
• blacklist

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• confirm
• allow
• pass
• admit
• approve
• ratify
• support
• assent (to)
• elect
• sanction

3

as in to refute

to prove to be false

the results of several studies shoot down the hypothesis that coffee causes heart attacks

Synonyms & Similar Words

• refute
• overturn
• disprove
• challenge
• discredit
• rebut
• falsify
• discuss
• confute
• confound
• belie
• debunk
• question
• talk over
• contest
• disconfirm
• overthrow
• give the lie to
• doubt
• debate
• hash (over)
• query
• mistrust
• moot

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• prove
• establish
• verify
• show
• confirm
• validate
• support
• document
• record
• witness
• back (up)
• identify
• evidence
• substantiate
• illustrate
• demonstrate
• certify
• display
• manifest
• corroborate
• evince
• buttress
• adduce
• authenticate
• attest